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Invalids generally suffer, in a greater degree, from the 

 sleeplessness before mentioned, and are relieved by the same 

 means as those recommended to obviate congestion ; should 

 these prove insufficient, a little Hyoscyamus may, with ad- 

 vantage, be added to the Plummer's pill. 



Headache, is by no means an unfrequent complaint on 

 the part of strangers ; when it depends on undue determina- 

 tion of blood to the organ, much caution is required. Koter- 

 gherry, or Coonoor, is in such cases to be preferred to Oota- 

 camund, and no time lost in consulting a medical man. In 

 ordinary cases, a little aperient medicine, moderate diet, and 

 avoidance of any cause which accelerates the circulation, 

 such as violent exercise, ascending hills, and exposure to the 

 sun, seldom fail to remove all unpleasant feelings in a few 

 days. 



Persons who have suffered from fever, should be cautious 

 to avoid passing through the jungle at the foot of the hills 

 during the night ; and, if imluckily detained in them after 

 sun-set, they should on their arrival submit to a course of 

 purgatives, followed by Quinine in small doses. 



In every instance, of whatever description, warm clothing 

 is of vital importance. Medical men are now generally 

 agreed, that even in the low country a light flannel banian 

 is of service in maintaining the action of the skin, preventing 

 cJiills^ &c. and a fortiori, it is indispensable on the hills j* 



* The best ^protection is, a quick plunge into a cold bath, or sponging 

 the body rapidly with cold water, immediately on getting out of bed, 

 rubbing well dry, dressing quickly, taking a glass of cold water and a 

 long walk before breakfast. The Editor regrets that his friend Dr. 

 Baikie is not here, to revise much that he has written on the course to be 

 pursued by invahds, because, since his return to England, he has be- 

 come a convert to Hydropathic treatment, and now practises it, most 

 successfully, in conjunction with Homoeopathy, All intending visitors 



